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Book Recommendation: “The Bounce Back” by Sherri Thomas

My favorite presentation at the PMI North American Global Congress 2016 in San Diego was by Sherri Thomas, PMP:  Career Coach/International Speaker/Best-selling author, about her book: The Bounce Back: Personal Stories of Bouncing Back Faster and Higher from a Layoff, Re-org or Career Setback. And it was great meeting Sherri in the Q&A after her [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:09-04:00 November 22nd, 2016|NYU PMP, pmi, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Events in NYC for PMs – October 2016

1) NYC Scrum – October Meet-Up (FREE!) Annual Retrospective and Pro-spective  Presenter: Mary Pratt, CSM/CSPO Day/Date/Time: Thursday, October 20, 6:00 PM Location: Havas Worldwide (200 Hudson St., just south of Canal St. – Tribeca) Registration Link (Free Beer, Free Wine, Free Pizza, Free Seminar!) Mary Pratt, CSM, CSPO 2) ISSP - Greater NYC Chapter [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:10-04:00 October 6th, 2016|blog, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Mavis says “It would be tasty getting your PMP before the January 12 test change!”

  Mavis is our beloved shelter-rescue "brindle" in the photo above with my PMP book, The Project Management Answer Book (26 Amazon Reviews, 4.9 Star Average!) Less than 3 weeks away, Monday, Jan 11, 2016 is the LAST DAY you can take the PMP Exam before the test changes. According to PMI, the new PMP Exam will be [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:16-04:00 December 16th, 2015|blog, Uncategorized|0 Comments

It is HIGHLY recommended to take the PMP Exam before the Jan. 12 changes if you can!

PMI will be making changes to the PMP Exam starting on Jan. 12, 2016.  These changes will be based on the RDS (Role Delineation Study), as PMI announced in June 2015. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to take the Exam before the change. But for those who are curious about the upcoming changes, or who will need to test after [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:17-04:00 November 17th, 2015|pmi, Uncategorized|0 Comments

PM Events in NYC in Jan (& Beyond)

1) NYC Lean/Kanban - January Meet-Up Topic: "Design Thinking the Learning Organization using Lean A3" Speaker: Will Evans Day/Date/Time: Wednesday, January 6 Location: Spotify - 45 West 17th Street, 7th Floor Registration Link 2) ISSP Greater NYC Chapter Webinar: The UN Sustainable Development Goals - A Guided Tour Day/Date/Time: Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 2:00 PM EST [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:17-04:00 September 20th, 2015|Agile, blog, NYCScrum, NYU PMP|0 Comments

Get PDUs by listening to my 7 podcast interviews with Cornelius Fichtner!

PM Expert Cornelius Fichtner, PMP/CSM Below are LINKS to 7 podcast interviews I have had the pleasure to record with PMP Expert Cornelius Fichtner. All are FREE (except #4 & #5, which are available by subscription to: Cornelius's 2 popular series: "The PM-Podcast" and "The PDU Podcast." About  Mentoring / Accidental PM / Publishing For [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:22-04:00 September 9th, 2015|knowledge, NYU PMP, pmi, PMP|0 Comments

Upcoming PM Events – August & early fall

Chelsea Clinton will be  speaking at the upcoming S.H.E. Summit in NYC 1) S.H.E. Summit!  (Special Event)  Day/Date/Time: 2 days: October 6 & 7 Location: 92nd Street Y (Manhattan) Speakers include CHELSEA CLINTON!  Registration Link / Speaker Info 2) NYC Scrum - Monthly Meeting Day/Date/Time: Thursday, August 20, 6:00 PM Location: Havas Worldwide, [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:22-04:00 August 10th, 2015|blog|0 Comments